Oskaloosa vs Valley Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Oskaloosa and Valley Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Oskaloosa and Valley Falls are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valley Falls has the higher population (1,305 vs 1,172 in Oskaloosa). Oskaloosa has the higher median household income ($79,250 vs $43,333 in Valley Falls). Oskaloosa has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $118,200 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
Population	1,172	1,305
Median age	36.6 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,250	$43,333
Median home value	$145,000	$118,200
Median gross rent	$863	$734
Housing units	468	655
Homeownership rate	78.1%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
Population	1,344 → 1,172 (-12.8%)	1,039 → 1,305 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $79,250 (+54.6%)	$58,403 → $43,333 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $145,000 (+20.1%)	$100,700 → $118,200 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $863 (+16.9%)	$597 → $734 (+22.9%)

Oskaloosa

Population

1,3441,172

Median household income

$51,250$79,250

Median home value

$120,700$145,000

Median gross rent

$738$863

Valley Falls

Population

1,0391,305

Median household income

$58,403$43,333

Median home value

$100,700$118,200

Median gross rent

$597$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
Under 5	6.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	20.2%
75 and over	5.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
Drove alone	81.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	83.5%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Oskaloosa	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	14.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1971	1955